The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01
PANIC REIGNED.
The Hot Water Boiler of the Kirby
House, Milwaukee. Explodes.
The Rear of the Kitchen Entirely
Blown Out.
One Person Killed and Number Fs
tally Wounded.
The Al ey Buried Under Four or Five
Feet of Debris.

Feet of Debris.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. ga
shocking accident occurred at the
Kirby House shortly before 0 o'clock
this morning. A boiler used for
heating water exploded, entirely
wrecking the rear end of the building,
burying number of people beneath
the ruins, fatally wounding several
and. it is feared, killing others out
right. The explosion occurred at $50.
The boiler which was exploded was the
hot water boiler behind the kitchen
range. The explosion blew out a
portion of the rear wall of the building
thirty feet in width and extending
from the ground to the floor of the
fourth story. One end of the
dining room was wrecked, all
the tables being knocked over and the
dishes smashed. Most of the guests
had finished breakfast. Among those
who remained panic reigned, but as far
as known none of the guests were
hurt. The kitchen of the hotel was
a dozen in the room at the time
and all were buried beneath the
mass of brick and mortar. The fire
department was on the scene within a
minute of the explosion. The fol-
lowing girls were taken out OF the
ruins badly injured:
Miss Anna Kennedy, assistant cook.
Miss Carrie Olson, dining room girl
Miss Nora Daugherty, dining room
girl.
Miss Mary Arbukle, pastry cook.
Miss Maggie DCran. kitchen girl.
Miss Alice Burke, pantry girl.
Miss Mary Krueger. kitchen girl.
Miss Mary Leaby, chambermaid.
Miss Eva FrederickSOn, dining room
girl.
All were SO badly injured, mostly by
bruises that DIR. Larks said he could
not tell whether they would live OF not.
ing, also Mrs. E. NJ. Case, assistant
cook. The ruins are being searched in
hope of finding them and others who
may be buried therein. Miss Minnie
! Thompson, girl employed i'll the
Sentinel bindery across the alley
was badly cut about the head by the
flying glass that was blown in
by the explosion. Mr.. Beckwith, oAe
of the proprietors of the hotel, who
was in the rear part of the building
near where the explosion took place,
was hit on the head by the flying mis-
siles, which knocked him down. He is
able to be about. The alley back of the
| hotel is piled to depth of four or five
feet with debris from the wrecked
| building. The north wall of the dining
room was blown in for a distance of
| fifteen or twenty feet. The firemen
got water on the ruins in time to extin-
| guish the flames before they had gained
much Roadway. The accident was
probably caused by the freezing of the
feed pipe supplying the boiler with wa
| ter. Those whose injuries are the most
serious are Mary Arbuckle, Anna Ken
nedy and Carrie Olson, all of whom are
terribly burned in addition to the
bruises which they received. There is
no hope that Carrie Olson will recover.
| At 10 o'clock the firemen found the
sistant cook, under the ruins. 1t was
shockingly mangled. Frank Hempel.
the head cook, who was at first reported
killed, escaped alive, but is badly hurt.
| One arm and three ribs are broken
and he is badly injured about the head.
A HEARTRENDING AFFAIR.
WARSAW, Wis, Nov. pa horrible
holocaust occurred in this city at !
O'Clock this morning the building Occu-
pied as residence by Carl Honikel
his wife and five children, was con-
sumed by fire and before assistance
could reach them three of the
children persisted and the other two
and the father have since died OF
their injuries. Mrs. Honikel is still
alive, but her injuries are of serious
nature. The building was a wooden
structure, double boarded, filled in
with saw dust and very infammable
and the back was kitchen
The fire started in the kitchen
and the whole family was doubtless
asphyxiated before they were reached
by the flames. The fire department
was very slow in responding to the
alarm. Chief Gibbart took everybody
from the burning buildings. Honikel
was a hardworking, industrious
German: When dragged through
either arm the inanimate bodies of two
babies. The casualty is one of the
most dreadful that has happened in
this vicinity, and what makes it worse
is that the building was fired by an in
cendiary. Mrs. Honikel has since re
covered consciousness and learning the
fate of her husband and children raveC
like mainac, and it is feared even i
she lives she will be helplessly insane
| EVICTIONS STOPPED.
WIKESBARRE. Pa, Nov. 26.-ThC
eviction cases of the Stout Coal Com
pany of Milnesville against the strik
ing miners, was decided in favor of thu
miners this morning, Judge Woodward
granting a rule to strike off Judgment
entered by the company for dispossess
ing of the striking hands. The men viii
under these rulings hold possession o
their houses during the remaining tim
of the strike and cannot be evIcted
There is great rejoicing here ant
throughout the valley over the miners
victory. Judge Woodward is beinj
commended for his fairness in this mat
ter Hon. William H. Homes. attorne
for the striking miners. says this vii
+ virtually dispose of all other eviction
contemplated by the other companie
} in the striking region. The striker
/ are as firm as when they first stoppe
: work, and the outlook for the resumI
ton in the Lehigh region is not encoul
{ aging. Contributions are coming i
;: more freely, and arrangements are b
4 ing made to-day. Public meetings
: behalf of the strikes are to be held
i every city, borough and town in tn
: mining regions.
n FELL 40 FEET.
a WEBB CITY, Mo-, Nov. ga mo:
distressing and fatal accident occurre
here yesterday. Mr.. C. R.. and c. +
Garrison, sons of David r. Garriso
and nephews of the late Commodol
n Garrison of New York, went dow
; into one of the lead mines on a tour
=, inspection. Having completed the
II observations they began the ascent
F. a tub which was hoisted by windlas
, During the ascent either the windla!
or the rope gave way and the tub ar
the men fell to the bottom of the sha
n 40 feet. One of the gentleman ";
1T killed outright and the other lived b.
q | few minutes,
,ei AN INTERESTING CASE.
MADISON, Wis. George 0. Eeitg
an aged German is in the city and W
present an interesting case to the sta
r land commissioner to-day. He CLAIM
le that in 1874 he pre-empted $50 acres
NJ land in st. Croix county. paying to t
state $500 therefor. The official reco
le shows this to be fact. Governor Ia
ne lor afterwards ignorantly patented &
Id same land to the North Visions
ne railway, now the Omaha compan
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